Garment hanger support kit

ABSTRACT

A laterally stable garment hanger support kit means for supporting a plurality of garment hangers from an upright and top edge of a door or wall moulding and the like. The support means is composed of a desirable suitable material, such as, fairly heavy metal wire having a certain degree of elasticity but at the same time sufficient rigidity to retain its original shape under load, even when heavily loaded. The hanger support means is generally triangular in shape and consists essentially of a basic rod or wire section, an angular upright section and a hypotenuse section interconnecting the above sections together, such that the top end of the upright section is generally looped around a U-shaped portion of the upper end of the hypotenuse section joined to an inverted channellike portion to clampingly engage the top edge of a door to reduce vertical and lateral turning moments of the support means when heavily loaded. Also a support of maximum strength is uniquely obtained by forming the wire sections in part of a flat metallic shape and inverted channel portion rigidly and suitably connected to the height portion of the triangular shape of the hanger support portion and having an additional transverse lateral section bisecting the triangular plane of the triangle shape and substantially bridging the width of the triangular zone for maximum rigidity of the garment hanger support means.

United States Patent Frank M. Black 1425 Grove 81., Huntington, W. Va. 25701 [21] Appl. No. 856,109

[221 Filed Sept. 8, 1969 [4S] Patented Aug. 10, 1971 [72] Inventor [54] GARMENT HANGER SUPPORT KIT 3 Claims, 7 Drawing Figs.

[52] U.S.C1 211/106 [51] Int.Cl A471 5/08 [50] Field of Search 211/106,

Primary ExaminerNile C. Byers, Jr. AttorneyRalph E. Potter ABSTRACT: A laterally stable garment hanger support kit means for supporting a plurality of garment hangers from an upright and top edge of a door or wall moulding and the like. The support means is composed of a desirable suitable material, such as, fairly heavy metal wire having a certain degree of elasticity but at the same time sufiicient rigidity to retain its original shape under load, even when heavily loaded. The hanger support means is generally triangular in shape and consists essentially of a basic rod or wire section, an angular upright section and a hypotenuse section interconnecting the above sections together, such that the top end of the upright section is generally looped around a U-shaped portion of the upper end of the hypotenuse section joined to an inverted channellike portion to clampingly engage the top edge of a door to reduce vertical and lateral turning moments of the support means when heavily loaded. Also a support of maximum strength is uniquely obtained by forming the wire sections in part of a flat metallic shape and inverted channel portion rigidly and suitably connected to the height portion of the triangular shape of the hanger support portion and having an additional transverse lateral section bisecting the triangular plane of the triangle shape and substantially bridging the width of the triangular zone for maximum rigidity of the gannent hanger support means.

PATENTEn AUG 1 0 I97! 13,598,248

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IN VENTOR 42 "am 42 FRANK M. BLACK AGENT GARMENT HANGER SUPPORT KIT This'invention relates, in general, to a support kit for garment hangers of various types of clothing, garment bags or the like, having a substantially channel-shaped part at its top for engaging an upper edge portion of a door, wall moulding or the like. When instant new support is mounted over, the top of a door or moulding a plurality of hooks of'the garment hangers may be placed on a horizontal rod or basicbarlike portion of the new support so thata plurality of garments may be supported in spaced-relationship from a door top or the like.

- Another object of this invention is to provide'a triangular shaped garment hanger support having an upwardly and laterally projecting distal end closed loop portion to provide additional rigidity tothe garment hanger support and hang a separate garment thereon,-if-desired. g

A 'further object of this invention is to provide a triangular shaped garmenthanger support, such that the top' 'end of the upright section is generally looped about a U-shaped portion of the upper end of the hypotenuse section joined to an inverted channellike portion to clampinglyengage the top portion of a door to reduce a lateral turning'moment produced from a garment load to one of substantially vertical shear moment to clampingly engage the door edges for stability of the support under load.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a novel garment hanger support having selective protective covering thereon to protect garments thereon and prevent the-support from marring the surfaces of a door wall or the like .in contact with the hanger support.

A further object of the invention is to provide an efficient and reliable support or rack of the kind described which is very simple and durable in construction, and .which'is cheaply and easily manufactured.

Another object of the invention is to provide simple and efficient means to impart lateral stability to the bracket of the rack when in use. V i

A still further object of the invention is to provide alateral support member of my new support for fixedly receiving a plu-' rality of garment hangers thereon.

The invention consists of various novel forms, combinations and arrangements of parts, hereinafter more fully described and shown in the accompanying drawings and claims.

In the Drawings: v

' FIG. 1 is a view of a preferred embodiment of the invention;

FIG. .IA is a sectional view of FIG. 1 taken on lines .IA-IA in the direction of the arrows; 1

FIG. 2 is a view of a second embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of the invention similar to that of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of the invention; and

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the invention as a heavy duty garment hanger support on a door or the like.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of FIG. 1 taken in the direction of the arrows. I

Like reference numerals designate like parts in the-various figures olthe drawing.

Referring more in detail to the drawings:

FIG. I is comprised of a coat hanger support having a substantially flat channel portion 12 terminating in a looped rodlike portion I4 as shown in FIG. 6, and terminating in a U- shaped indented portion 16 which receives the upper looped end I8 of vertical bar section 20 which is joined by a basic lateral member 22 having corrugations 24 therein which terminate at the distal end into a bent back upwardly extending loop portion 26 closed at contact 32 and which terminates in a transverse hypotenuse lateral member 28 which is joined to U- shaped portion I6 and channel section I2.

When channel portion 12 is fitted over the top edge of a door (not shown) portion 14 of FIG. 6, lends later sturdines to the support as it contacts the side of the door.

The loop portion 26 is bent slightly upwardly from contact 32, as shown, to provide additional strength to the support and to also enable the user thereof vto hang another garment or hanger thereon, as desired.

Corrugations 24 provide proper spacingof garment hangers on member 22. When member 22 is loaded with garments on hangers, the looped portion 18 uniquely bears against the bot tom portion and sides of portion 16, contributing greater strength to hanger support I0 of FIG. 1. Y

The hanger support may be formed of coat hanger wire, and later selectively heat treated, if desired, to produce a superior light weight hanger support.

The looped back portion 26 may be bent to be closed at 32 by contact, as desiredfor greater strength in hanger support 10, which may be cheaply formed from heavy coat hanger wire or similar conventional wire or rod material, as desired.

FIG. 6 shows strengthening loop 14 of section 12 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 1A shows member,42 joined to vertical member 20 of FIG. 1, by weldment 43. Member 42is covered with a suitable material to prevent scarring of the wood finish of a door by same. Member 42 uniquely prevents hanger 20 from turning sidewise when loaded. Member 42 may be of various shapes in cross section.--

FIG. 2 is similar to FIG. 1, except that member 22 is a straight member when the user desires to not space hanger garmentsthereon. Also'channel member I2 and loop means 14 are covered by a thin plastic or suitable protective covering 36 to prevent support 10 from marring the upper supporting edges of a door or the like when mounted thereon. Also, covering member 34 is likewise placed at the junction or heel of members 20 and 22 to protect the surface finish of a supin spaced relationship.

porting door or wall when mounted thereon for use.

FIG. 3 is similar to FIG. 1, except that loop 26 is suitably closed by epoxy glue,-welding or soldering in a'conventional manner at 32 for greater strength of support I0. The hanger support is covered with a suitablc protective material 38, as shown, to protect loose garments hung thereon. Loop is bent back upon itself in the same plane as channel member I2 to make channel I2 more sturdy vertically when mounted on the top edge ofadoor. H, j I e FIG. 4 is similar to FIG. 2, except that member 22 has spaced U-shaped portions 40 therealong to provide wider spacing of garment hanger hooks thereon to insure that pressed suits or dresses do not get wrinkled from hanging against each other. I I

FIG. 5 shows a heavy duty embodiment of my novel hanger support 10, in which loop 26 is welded or soldered at 32, lateral member 22 contains U-shaped portions 40 therealong Channel member 12a comprises a top flat portion 12b and side portions 13 and 17 covered by suitable plastic like protective material 15 on the upper portion thereof to prevent marring of the finish of the door when fitted thereto.

Vertical member I9 is suitably connected to members 22 and 28, as shown. Member 19 is also welded or soldered in a suitable manner to portion 17 of channel member 120.

Transverse lateral member 42 is a strengthening member and is secured by weldments 21a and ZIP: by soldering, glueing (epoxy resin or the like), or other suitable means to member 28 and to thejunction of members 22 and 19, as best shown in FIG. 5. FIG. 5 provides a very sturdy support for spaced storage of women'sand men's heavy overcoats on hangers or clothing bags hung thereon, as desired.

In the various embodiments of this invention instant new garment support means may be decorated in colors to suit the users aesthetic taste.

From the foregoing it willnow be seen that there is herein provided an improved garment hanger support which accomplishes all the objects of this invention, and others, including many attendant advantages of great practical utility and commercial importance. I

It is to be-understood, of course, that the foregoing disclosure relates to .only preferred embodiments of the invention and it is intended to cover all changes and modifications of the examples of the invention herein chosen for the purpose of the disclosure, which do not constitute departures from the spirit and scope of the invention set forth in the appended claims.

What I claim is:

l. A stable garment hanger support kit, each stable support comprising an inverted channel section engaging the top and upright edges of a door or the like, said hanger support being comprised of at least three rodlike sections forming a triangle construction integrally secured to said channel section, said triangle construction comprising at least a hypotenuse rod section having a substantially U-shaped portion, a substantially vertical rod section and a base rod section, the outer distal ends of at least two of said rod sections terminating in an up wardly extending closed loop, said rod sections being composed of a material having a limited degree of elasticity, said support including means to receive a plurality of spaced garment hangers thereon, means wherein the upper end of said vertical rod section is substantially looped around the bottom of said U-shaped portion of said hypotenuse section joined to said channel section for the loading effect on the support to be substantially one of shear moment effect on said support.

2. A garment hanger support as in claim 1, wherein said upright section and said channel section are comprised of at least in part of material having protective material thereon to prevent marring ofa door support surface for said support.

3. A garment hanger support as in claim 1, wherein said triangle construction is bridged by a fourth section imparting greater lateral stability to the whole of said garment hanger support. 

1. A stable garment hanger support kit, each stable support comprising an inverted channel section engaging the top and upright edges of a door or the like, said hanger support being comprised of at least three rodlike sections forming a triangle construction integrally secured to said channel section, said triangle construction comprising at least a hypotenuse rod section having a substantially U-shaped portion, a substantially vertical rod section and a base rod section, the outer distal ends of at least two of said rod sections terminating in an upwardly extending closed loop, said rod sections being composed of a material having a limited degree of elasticity, said support including means to receive a plurality of spaced garment hangers thereon, means wherein the upper end of said vertical rod section is substantially looped around the bottom of said U-shaped portion of said hypotenuse section joined to said channel section for the loading effect on the support to be substantially one of shear moment effect on said support.
 2. A garment hanger support as in claim 1, wherein said upright section and said channel section are comprised of at least in part of material having protective material thereon to prevent marring of a door support surface for said support.
 3. A garment hanger support as in claim 1, wherein said triangle construction is bridged by a fourth section imparting greater lateral stability to the whole of said garment hanger support. 